On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 02:18:48PM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote: > > It is a limit of 9, and really is inherent to G-code, which has A, B, > C, U, V, W, X, Y, Z as command words to move an axis. There are not > many (if any) letters of the alphabet unused, and the fact that G-code > ignores spaces means that this is not an easy limitation to overcome.
I checked for fun - it's true we use every letter. In addition to the punctuation we use for special functions, (comment) ;comment #variable <name> [expression] +-*/ we also use @ and ^ as "letters" for the polar coordinates words (@radius ^angle). So not only are we out of letters, we're nearly out of ascii. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
